Zain Hatem

Zain Hatem (12 June 1940-16 June 1983) was a PFLP leader during the Lebanese Civil War.

Biography
Zain Hatem was born on 12 June 1940 in Bu'eine Nujeidat, Mandatory Palestine (in what is now northern Israel) to a Sunni Muslim Palestinian family. His family sought refuge in Syria after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and he would join the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine while there. Hatem became one of their operational chiefs in Syria, planning several cross-border raids into Israel. On 16 June 1983, Hatem was killed in action during an Israel Defense Forces artillery bombardment in Beirut.